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Lionel George Fuller Burton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Lionel George Fuller AWMM
  • Surname
    Burton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 50 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Bald Hill Flat, Otago Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 21 August 1914 AWMM National Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    B J Fuller, National Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 August 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Battle of the Somme AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 50 AWMM
  • Military service
    Served in the Wellington Rifles (Volunteers), New Zealand. AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    25 Jul 1916 {Age 20} AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    25 July 1916 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 20 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Puchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 14), France AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

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Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. AWMM

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